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Text:The Mercy Seat
Author:Stowell
Tune:RETREAT
Composer:Hastings

801. The Mercy Seat

1. From every stormy wind that blows,
From ev'ry swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat;
'Tis found above the mercy seat.

2. There is a scene where spirits blend,
Where friend holds fellowship with friend;
Though sundered far, by faith they meet
Around one common mercy seat.

3. Ah! whither should we flee for aid,
When tempted, desolate, dismayed?
Or how the hosts of sin defeat,
Had suff'ring saints no mercy seat?

Text Information
First Line: From every stormy wind that blows
Title: The Mercy Seat
Author: Stowell
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christ: Prayer; Living His Life: Prayer
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: RETREAT
Composer: Hastings
Meter: L. M.
Key: C Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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